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BJP MP GVL Narasimha Rao hits out at Chandrababu Naidu

TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Jul 28, 2018, 23:43 IST

Chandrababu Naidu (File photo)

NEW DELHI: BJP MP GVL Narasimha Rao on Saturday hit out at Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu and accused him of inaction in taking advantage of the favourable decisions taken by Centre for the state. In a letter written to Chandrababu Naidu, the BJP MP says, "while you say that AP requires a big push for industrialisation, your govt's inaction & neglect in utilising favourable decisions of centre shows your 'selective interest' in some projects in state.' Earlier today, Chandrababu Naidu again lashed out at the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre for not according special category status to the state. Refuting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reported statement that he had taken a 'U-turn' on the special category status issue, Naidu maintained that he had only taken the "right turn."

"Neither did I take a U-turn nor did I fall into the YSR Congress trap. It was the BJP that took the U-turn after promising SCS to AP for 10 years," Naidu said at a public meeting in Ongole town this evening. Responding to the chief minister's charges, Narasimha Rao said, "As you are in Ongole today trying to whip up sentiments against the central government, I would like to tell you how your own government's track record has been both abysmal and pathetic by citing the specific case of Prakasam district. The government of India had sanctioned a National Investment and Manufacturing Zone for Prakasam district on October 6, 2015. Unfortunately, despite several reminders from the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, your government has shown no progress whatsoever."